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Beneil Dariush
Beneil Dariush
20-4-1 · USA
VS
Tony Ferguson
Tony Ferguson
25-5 · USA
May 15, 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Beneil Dariush def. Tony Ferguson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dariush10/281/203:40
Ferguson7/180/000:00
R2
Dariush6/141/204:04
Ferguson2/40/000:05
R3
Dariush7/131/204:31
Ferguson6/120/000:00
Total
Dariush23/553/6012:15
Ferguson15/340/000:05

Scorecards

Dariush vs Ferguson

RdChris LeeMarcos RosalesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-910-8.7
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.6

Media (18 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 18 Dariush · 0 Ferguson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dariush-Ferguson.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
DariushWin probabilityFerguson
64.4%35.6%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
7%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Dariush, blue toward Ferguson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dariush64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%32%14%
Submission4%7%11%
Decision39%61%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (2479)act 23
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 3
Ferguson36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%48%13%
Submission2%6%9%
Decision17%46%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (2375)act 15
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R214%
R315%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Dariush
51.1%-106
Ferguson
+10648.1%
Most takedownstie 42.8%
Dariush
45.1%-372
Ferguson
+37212.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dariush
Expected: 58.4
58.5
Over 58.5
39.7%
+152
Under 58.5
60.3%
-152
074147
Ferguson
Expected: 55.4
55.5
Over 55.5
39.7%
+152
Under 55.5
60.3%
-152
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Dariush
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.0%
+159
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
49.5%
-159
035
Ferguson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.2%
Exactly 0
80.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.7 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Dariush64.4%58.1%+6.3-156
Ferguson35.6%41.9%−6.3+128
By method
Dariush by KO/TKO24.4%14.5%+9.9+450
Dariush by submission4.2%11.4%−7.2+600
Dariush by decision35.9%33.1%+2.8+140
Ferguson by KO/TKO13.4%13.3%+0.1+500
Ferguson by submission2.3%8.8%−6.5+800
Ferguson by decision19.8%18.9%+0.9+320
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.3%72.6%+12.7-350
Over 2.5 rds70.7%61.0%+9.7-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision55.7%56.6%−0.9-154

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
72.6Striking71.2
Dariush +1.3
59.9Grappling55.3
Dariush +4.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DariushFerguson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1667
Pound-for-pound
1682
1668
Divisional
1675
1526
Striking offense
1538
1506
Striking defense
1503
1522
Grappling offense
1497
1539
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
32 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.00
Strikes landed / min
5.46
50%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.72
Strikes absorbed / min
3.94
59%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.03
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
33%
Takedown accuracy
43%
81%
Takedown defense
70%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
83%
+6
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
57%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Beneil Dariush
  • WDiego FerreiraS-DEC R3
    Close -1103mo before
  • WScott HoltzmanKO/TKO R1
    missedClose -2009mo before
  • WDrakkar KloseKO/TKO R2
    Close -1621y 2mo before
  • WFrank CamachoSUB R1
    Close -1851y 7mo before
  • WDrew DoberSUB R2
    Close -2202y 2mo before
Tony Ferguson
  • LCharles OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1855mo before
  • LJustin GaethjeKO/TKO R5
    Close -1801y before
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R2
    Close -2101y 11mo before
  • WAnthony PettisKO/TKO R2
    Close -3552y 7mo before
  • WKevin LeeSUB R3
    Close -2903y 7mo before
Dariush — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
14win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
5 (36%)Submission(25%) 1
6 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Ferguson — win / loss by method
Record: 25-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
15win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (27%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dariush
Ferguson
19
UFC fights
18
169.6 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
199.8 min · 11.1 avg
16y 8m
Career length
18y 3m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Dariush
Ferguson
263W–59L · 81.7%
Overall
365W–110L · 76.8%
218W–48L · 82.0%
Wins
305W–94L · 76.4%
45W–11L · 80.4%
Losses
60W–16L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dariush
Ferguson
19W–24L · 44.2%
Overall
70W–47L · 59.8%
19W–24L · 44.2%
Wins
54W–40L · 57.4%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–7L · 69.6%
Distance striking
Dariush
Ferguson
5.74
Landed / min
6.52
43.5%
Accuracy
43.8%
63.6%
Defense
60.1%
0.53
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
44.6%
Time at distance
76.4%
Grappling & control
Dariush
Ferguson
2.03
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
32.9%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
81.5%
Takedown defense
70.2%
0.97
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.13
81.3%
Control share
17.3%
Strike target map
Dariush
  • Head61%(414)div 63%
  • Body23%(159)div 20%
  • Legs15%(105)div 17%
Ferguson
  • Head62%(677)div 63%
  • Body18%(194)div 20%
  • Legs20%(220)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Beneil Dariush
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Tony Ferguson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.